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Historical Event on 1/21/2000

The Samata Party National Executive elects Mrs. Jaya Jaitley as its president.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/24/1999Koneru Humpy won the under-12 boys' title and P. Harikrishna won the Under-14 boys' title at the Asian Youth Chess Championship in Ahmedabad.
9/19/1962Jawaharlal Nehru was devastated when China began attacks on India's northern frontier leading to Indo-China War.
3/25/1989India's first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation.
8/2/1922Krishnapal Singh, politician and lawyer, was born at Birahuli in Madhya Pradesh.
11/23/1999Vinod Chandra Pandey takes over as the Governor of Bihar.
12/9/1658Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India.
3/29/1954Indian Institute of Public Administration inaugurated.
7/18/1634Joannes Camphuys, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1684-91), was born.
6/16/1951Nehru opponents founded People's party at New Delhi.
6/3/1901Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, was born. He was the first winner of the conveted Gyaanpeeth Award in 1965 for his poems "Odakkuzhal" in Malayalam.